Targets the root cause of public discontent with the quality of care given by hospitals, nursing homes, mental institutions, and home health care agencies. This book focuses on those aspects of the system that waste time, money, and sometimes lives. It emphasizes on the changes needed in American health care delivery.
A single source for an incredible amount of book and author information. While this is a "how to" for book collectors, it is also intended for people who love books and would like to know more about the books, authors, and reading genres they most enjoy. The Handbook presents enough factual data for all would-be collectors to make knowledgeable ......
One of his great works, and a must-read for any student of philosophy, The Problems of Philosophy was written in 1912 as an introduction to Russell's thought. As an empiricist, Russell starts at the beginning with this question: Is there any knowledge in the world that is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it? This, according to ......
Argues for ideas in the mind as the only true reality about which one can have knowledge. This book features his arguments for these conclusions, and for the foundation of sensible things.
Can original philosophy be done while simultaneously engaging in the history of philosophy? Such a possibility is questioned by analytic philosophers and by historians of philosophy. Believing that both camps are misguided, this book presents a case for historical philosophy as a valuable enterprise.
Introduces the perspective of the universe provided by physics, with historical and philosophical material, with a systematic but non-technical presentation of basic physics. This book describes the basic structure of the universe and the way in which symmetries of space, time, and inner dimensions account for the "laws" obeyed by particles.
The laws of physics provide principles defining what is possible - and not possible - in the physical world. This book examines and critiques many widely held pseudoscientific beliefs in light of these laws.
Examines enigmas such as the haunting of Mackenzie House (Toronto's rebel statesman is said to tread noisily upon the stairs of his historic home); the question of the Crystal Skull (the 'grand-daddy of all crystal balls'); and, the case of 'The Two Will Wests' (two prison inmates with the same name, identical features, and similar fingerprints).
Explains why some ethical values need to catch up with the science of human reproduction and why various reproductive methods can be more 'natural' and humane than those they replace.
